Study Details
Philliber, A. (2021). The IN·clued program: A randomized control trial of an effective sex education program for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youths.Journal of Adolescent Health, 69(4), 636–643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.04.002
IN·clued: Inclusive Healthcare — Youth and Providers Empowered
Program Information
Evaluation Setting
Study Sample
Research Design
1401
2
12 months after baseline and the end of the program. The program is a one-time workshop.
Study Findings
IN·clued was evaluated using a randomized controlled trial design involving LGBTQ youth recruited through 16 Planned Parenthood affiliates in these states: Alaska, California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Groups of participants were randomly assigned to either a treatment group that received a one-time, three-hour workshop or a control group that participated in an activity on a topic unrelated to sexual health or accessing sexual health care. Surveys were administered immediately before the program and 12 months after the end of the program, or nine months after the conclusion of an opt-in, 12-week supplemental text message service. The study found that 12 months after the workshop, youth participating in IN·clued were significantly less likely to report having had vaginal sex without using a condom in the past three months (effect size: -0.20). The study also found that, 12 months after study enrollment, youth participating in the treatment group reported having significantly less vaginal sex without using a condom in the past three months (effect size: -0.15). The study found that 12 months after study enrollment, there were no statistically significant program impacts on the following outcomes: lifetime vaginal sex, lifetime pregnancies, lifetime frequency of pregnancy, having vaginal sex in the past three months, having vaginal sex without the use of birth control in the past three months, frequency of vaginal sex without the use of birth control in the
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b Authors reported that the program effect (impact) estimate is statistically significant with a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test.
c For some outcomes, having less of that outcome is favorable. In those cases, an effect with a negative sign is favorable to the treatment group (that is, the treatment group had a more favorable outcome than the comparison group, on average).
d An effect shows credibly estimated, statistically significant evidence whenever it has a p-value of less than 0.05 based on a two-tailed test, includes the appropriate adjustment for clustering (if applicable), and it is not based on an endogenous subgroup.
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